All posts tagged indifference

My inner voice is muffled by my apathy,
now but a dull monotone of exasperation…

I saw the news scroll by, just before 9:00Made a vague mental note of where and whenMy immediate reaction was indifferenceDidn’t bother to look, until a little after 10
What once was a cry of shock and disbelief,
was little more than a feint echo of ‘not again’Appalled, by my complacencyStunned, that I was not more sadConcerned, yes, but not that surprisedMore annoyed really, than madUncaring and ashamedMy heartbeat but a dull acheDesensitized and demoralizedHow much death did it take?

My outlook is deplorable, yet realistic,
never once thinking that this can’t happen again…

What I read was just more of the same, only more soFifty-plus dead, thousands of lives changed foreverWas not surprised by how many were killedMore surprised that is was the most gunned down ever
It’s America, remember, the land of opportunity,
so you can never ever say ‘never’Embarrassed, by my attitudeDisgusted, that I see it that wayDismayed, yes, but not surprisedAnother senseless act, another senseless dayInconsiderate and detachedMy heart too hardened to breakDesensitized and demoralizedHow many dead does it take?

My curiosity is peaked by the degree of absurdity,
with the same simple questions every time…

Another homicidal and suicidal loose cannonElevated to fame, by an amendment carved in stoneThe only unpredictable part of the story was himFamous now, without ever being knownHow can these dudes still get automatic weapons?How many guns can one crazy man own?

Irritated, by my frustrationWorried, that I chose the lower roadJaded, yes, but not surprisedLoaded questions, I will inevitably reloadDisjointed and exhaustedMy mind cynical, for my heart’s sakeDesensitized and demoralizedHow many guns does it take?

HATRED Hate came to town today, dressed in white supremacy.
Neo-Nazi indignation.
Anti-Semitic ugliness, masked and marching, in a cavalcade of the obtuse. A mounted symbol of slavery deployed as a lightning rod.
A rusted relic, a reminder, as a spark for uncivil unrest. A statue of limitation, disguised as a pointed excuse.

Steaming cauldrons of racist contempt. Trumped-up tension, rocking violently,Teetering, on the thin lever of our deepest fears. Boiling vessels of blood and bigotry. Hatred and ignorance, spilling over.Scalding our common decency, after simmering for eight years.

Hate came to town, waving a confederate flag. White bred nationalism, with automatic weapons.Carrying the Klan torch.Still lost in the dark. Unwilling and unable to see the light of today. From candles and smart phones to the pall of burning crosses. Taking America back, in Emancipation park.

Right-wing extremity, for all the world to see. A car, used as a weapon.
Four wheeled empowerment.Driven by intolerance,to the basest depths of cowardice. A century and a half of deep-seated contempt.
Hatred and ignorance.
A stark picture of America,
still in black and white. Tell me, please, what year is this?

Hate came to Charlottesville, and the president was indifferent. Splitting thinning hairs, divided by his loyalties.Shrugging off responsibility, like a coward in the fray. Puny, meagre condemnation, on a historical, immoral stage. Commander of the white alt-right, placing blame “on many sides”, simply walked out of the room on this dark and dire day.